Johann Löhner (Composer)

Born: November 21, 1645 - Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
Died: April 2, 1705 - Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany

Johann Löhner was a German composer, organist and singer. He was the son of the married couple Johann Joachim Löhner (d 1650) and Anna Löhner, née Windhesel (d 1660), baptized as Protestant-Lutheran in Nuremberg and died in Nuremberg. The organist Georg Caspar Wecker, who did his work at St. Egidien, adopted Johann Löhner and instructed him musically. It is believed that he was organ player from 1665 in St. Sebald. Towards the end of 1670 he went to Bayreuth as a singer. From 1682 he was a regular hospital organist and from 1694 until his death he worked in St. Sebald as an organist. He composed over 300 songs and three operas. Song No. 352 in the Evangelischen Kirchengesangbuch bears witness to his work. In 1682 he published his most important work, the Auserlesene Kirch- und Tafel-Music.

Source: German Wikipedia Website (October 2018), English translation by Aryeh Oron (October 2018)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (October 2018)

Texts of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

BWV 263

Chorale Texts used in Bach’s Vocal Works

Alles ist an Gottes Segen (1691; EG 352; ELG 76; Jesus unsere Freude! 453)

Links to other Sites

Johann Löhner (Wikipedia) [German]

Bibliography

Löhner, Johann. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 19 ( Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884), S. 131 f.
Franz Krautwurst: Löhner, Johann. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 15 (Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987), S. 39 (Digitalisat)
Thomas Röder: Löhner, Johann. In: Michael Diefenbacher, Rudolf Endres (Hrsg.): Stadtlexikon Nürnberg. 2., verbesserte Auflage. (W. Tümmels Verlag, Nürnberg 2000) (Gesamtausgabe online).